Legislative Assembly elections were held in the Indian state of

Punjab Punjab (; ; also romanised as Panjāb or Panj-Āb) is a geopolitical, cultural, and historical region in South Asia. It is located in the northwestern part of the Indian subcontinent, comprising areas of modern-day eastern Pakistan and no ...

in 1992 to elect the members of the

Punjab Legislative Assembly The Punjab Legislative Assembly or the Punjab Vidhan Sabha is the unicameral legislature of the state of Punjab (India), Punjab in India. The Sixteenth Punjab Legislative Assembly was constituted in March 2022. At present, it consists of 117 M ...

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Beant Singh was elected as the leader of the ruling party.

Voter turnout

Urban-Rural turnout 1992

SOURCE : India Today, 15 March 1992

Participating Parties

List of Participating Political Parties in Punjab Assembly Election in 1992

Results

The election results were declared with the

Indian National Congress The Indian National Congress (INC), colloquially the Congress Party, or simply the Congress, is a political parties in India, political party in India with deep roots in most regions of India. Founded on 28 December 1885, it was the first mo ...

winning an absolute majority of 87 seats out of 117. !colspan=10, , - !colspan=2, Party !No. of Candidates !Seats won !Votes !Vote % , - , , align="left",

, , 116, , 87, , 13,17,075, , 43.83% , - , , align="left",

Bahujan Samaj Party The Bahujan Samaj Party ( BSP) is a political party in India that was formed to represent Bahujans (literally means "community in majority"), referring to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, and Other Backward Classes (OBC), along with Religious ...

, , 105, , 9, , 4,90,552, , 17.59% , - , , align="left",

Bharatiya Janata Party The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP; , ) is a political party in India and one of the two major List of political parties in India, Indian political parties alongside the Indian National Congress. BJP emerged out from Syama Prasad Mukherjee's ...

, , 66, , 6, , 4,95,161, , 16.48% , - , , align="left",

Communist Party of India The Communist Party of India (CPI) is a political party in India. The CPI considers the Foundation of the Communist Party of India, December 26, 1925 Cawnpore (Kanpur) conference as its foundation date. Between 1946 and 1951, the CPI led m ...

, , 20, , 4, , 1,09,386, , 3.64% , - , , align="left",

Shiromani Akali Dal The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) (translation: ''Supreme Eternal Party'') is a centre-right Sikh-centric state political party in Punjab, India. The party is the second-oldest in India, after Congress, being founded in 1920. Although there are ma ...

, , 58, , 3, , 1,56,171, , 5.20% , - , , align="left", Communist Party of India (M), , 17, , 1, , 72,061, , 2.40% , - , , align="left",

Janata Dal Janata Dal () was an List of political parties in India, Indian political party which was formed through the merger of Lok Dal, Indian National Congress (Jagjivan), and the Jan Morcha on 11 October 1988—the birth anniversary of Jayaprakash Na ...

, , 37, , 1, , 64,666, , 2.15% , - , , 1, , 1, , 14442, , 0.48% , - , , 2, , 1, , 2,292, , 0.08% , - , , align="left", Independents, , 151, , 4, , 2,77,706, , 9.24% , - !colspan=2, TotalThe total includes votes and contestants of all parties, even those who failed to win any seat.!!579!!117!! 30,05,083 , -

Results by Region

Result by Constituency

References

External links

Punjab Assembly Election Results in 1992
{{Authority control 1992 State Assembly elections in India

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